Iztaccihuatl rises on the border of the State of Mexico and Puebla in central Mexico, immediately north of Popocatepetl, already documented in this section, and at about 5,230 meters is the third-highest peak in the country. Its name, from Nahuatl, means "White Woman," a reference to the mountain's long, multi-peaked silhouette, which resembles a sleeping woman when viewed from the surrounding valleys, with individual summits popularly named for parts of that figure such as head, chest and feet. Geologically it is a dormant stratovolcano within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, built from andesitic and dacitic lava and pyroclastic material erupted over several distinct volcanic phases, the oldest of which is thought to date back over a million years, making it geologically older than its more active neighbor Popocatepetl. Unlike Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl has no confirmed eruptions in recorded history and is considered extinct or deeply dormant, though its high elevation still supports small glaciers. This entity documents Iztaccihuatl specifically as a geological formation, a dormant andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt with no eruptions in recorded history.
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Iztaccíhuatl or Ixtaccíhuatl (both forms also spelled without the accent) (Nahuatl pronunciation: [istakˈsiwat͡ɬ] or, as spelled with the x, [iʃtakˈsiwat͡ɬ]) is a 5,230 m (17,160 ft) dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico located on the border between the State of Mexico and Puebla within Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park.
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on the border between the State of Mexico and Puebla within Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park. It is the nation's third highest, after Pico de Orizaba at 5,636 m (18,491 ft)
Associated With: Pleistocene, Article text, age Pleistocene
There have been andesitic and dacitic Pleistocene and Holocene eruptions from vents at or near the summit.
Associated With: Holocene, Article text, age Holocene
There have been andesitic and dacitic Pleistocene and Holocene eruptions from vents at or near the summit.
Associated With: Andesite, Article text, rock Andesite
There have been andesitic and dacitic Pleistocene and Holocene eruptions from vents at or near the summit.
Associated With: Dacite, Article text, rock Dacite
There have been andesitic and dacitic Pleistocene and Holocene eruptions from vents at or near the summit.
Caused By: Volcanism, Lead, process Volcanism
Iztaccíhuatl or Ixtaccíhuatl (both forms also spelled without the accent) (Nahuatl pronunciation: [istakˈsiwat͡ɬ] or, as spelled with the x, [iʃtakˈsiwat͡ɬ]) is a 5,230 m (17,160 ft) dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico located on the border between the State of Mexico and Puebla within Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park.
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